Bronx teen fatally shot in chest while hanging out with friends

Cops are trying to determine whether Ackeem Davis, 17, was fatally shot on purpose or by accident.

An afternoon hanging out with pals in a Bronx apartment turned to tragedy for a Bronx teen who was blasted in the chest by someone who brought a gun along, police sources said.

Cops were trying to determine early Friday whether Ackeem Davis, 17, was shot on purpose or fell victim to a terrible accident.

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Investigators were scouring Facebook messages, including a video posted 40 minutes before the shooting that showed a group of teens hanging out, smoking and listening to music in an apartment, sources said.

Davis lived on the second-floor on Astor Ave. by Wallace Ave. in Allerton, in the Pelham Parkway Houses.

One woman, who wouldn't give her name for fear of retribution, said a group of teens was hanging out while Davis' mother was away at work.

She watched the teens scatter after the gunfire and spoke to some as they fled.

The deadly incident took place in second-floor apartment in the Pelham Parkway Houses on Thursday evening. (Enid Alvarez/New York Daiy News)

"One of them was playing with the gun," the woman said. "They thought it was unloaded, but there was one in the chamber."

Davis was shot once in the chest just after 5 p.m. The mortally wounded teen staggered into the building's hallway and collapsed, sources said.

Emergency personnel took him to Jacobi Hospital, but he could not be saved.

On Thursday night, dozens of Davis' friends took to Facebook to mourn his death.

"I don't believe this ?? rest in peace to my brother ???? yo I love you bro and Ima keep my promises ima finish school, and do all this for you I love you," said one friend, posting under the name "Janae MH."